I want to transform from one projected coordinate system (pcs) to another using ArcGIS 10. Unfortunatelly the starting system is not predefind by ESRI and thus I´m not sure the software is doing what I want. The parameter of the starting system are the the following:

... and this should be transformed into: ETRS_1989_LAEA (WKID: 3035). What I have done is:
1. unprojecting to GCS WGS 1984
2. transformation to GCS ETRS 1989 (using the transformation option: ETRS_1989_To_WGS_1984)
3. projecting to ETRS_1989_LAEA

Now my question: does ArcGIS recognize the different userdefined standardparallels of the Lambert Conformal Conic projection as there is a predifined Lambert Conformal Conic projection already included in te software while unprojecting. The parameters of the predifined psc are the following:

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Your workflow should have worked fine. In fact, you could perform the conversion as a single step using the Project Tool. The software will correctly piece together the different operations needed to convert from the source to the target coordinate reference systems.

Esri doesn't work on the coordinate reference system names.

You can confirm this by checking the results after your first step. If the definition was interpreted correctly, the data should overlay properly.